AEDC, TCN synergise to review power transmission masterplan

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said it is cooperating with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for the review of the Transmission Expansion Master Plan which will boost power supply under its franchise area.

The Managing Director of AEDC, Engr Adeoye Fadeyibi, who stated this at an interface at the AEDC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, added that both firms were forging stronger ties to improve on electricity supply services to customers.

The Chief Technical Officer of AEDC, Engr Kassim Abdullahi, who represented Fadeyibi at the meeting, assured that the management was ready to support TCN in implementing its masterplan.

In his remarks, the Chief Marketing Officer of AEDC, Donald Etim, said the company was keen on improving power supply to its customers and would key into any strategy that would enable it to achieve that.

He said, “You can reach out to us to support you to ensure it works in whatever aspects of the masterplan implementation.”

On his part, the Managing Director of TCN, Engr Sule Abdulaziz, congratulated Engr Fadeyibi for assuming office as the new head of AEDC.

The TCN head who was represented by the General Manager, System Planning and Development, Engr Kabiru Adamu, said the masterplan was for 20 years; to be reviewed every five years, adding that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had approved the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) for the Distribution Companies (DisCos) and was expected to submit the reviewed masterplan along with PIP to NERC for approval.

He said, “It is our time now to get our PIP and submit it to the regulator for approval, but it has to have a handshake with the PIP of the DisCos and the work plans of the Generation Companies (GenCos).”

Both firms raised a steering committee to provide highlevel oversight for the transmission expansion masterplan review process which cuts across the 11 DisCos and the over 20 GenCos